I ended up doing copy/paste too but I prefer to use ASCII/UBB. I guess we just can't do it here. It works and it doesn't. The code for the natural sign is 266. But when I enter ALT + 266, I get this.

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Clearly not the natural sign. Another chart of different values shows UBB as 9838. When I try that I get this.

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I opened Notepad and tried both codes with the same results.

Yet when I opened Wordpad and entered ALT + 266, I get the natural sign and can cut and paste it. All this tells me is how much about computers I have forgotten since I retired 10 years ago and didn't have to care anymore. Now I need to research the native format of Notepad and Wordpad, because they are clearly different. And the OCD in me HAS to know. I think Wordpad is UTF-8 but I have to check. After lunch!